VISION PROBLEMS IN THE U.S.
Prevalence of Adult Vision Impairment and Age-Related Eye Disease in America

CONNECTICUT

 

Total

Female

Male

White

Black

Hispanic

Other

White Female

White Male

Black Female

Black Male

Hisp. Female

Hisp. Male

Other Female

Other Male

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Population aged 40 and Older

1,549,786

834,892

714,894

1,328,878

99,573

76,800

44,535

714,537

614,341

56,065

43,508

41,217

35,583

23,073

21,462

Vision Impairment

49,635

33,760

15,876

45,686

1,995

1,231

722

31,342

14,344

1,274

722

731

502

414

309

Blindness

15,544

10,906

4,639

14,327

856

170

190

10,161

4,166

539

318

100

71

106

84

Cataract

279,993

175,406

104,587

255,091

12,168

7,813

4,921

158,898

96,193

8,535

3,634

4,971

2,843

3,003

1,918

Glaucoma

28,754

18,739

10,015

23,558

3,357

986

853

15,552

8,005

2,054

1,303

611

375

521

332

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Population aged 18 and older

2,563,877

1,345,647

1,218,230

2,053,286

202,510

204,664

103,417

1,079,219

974,067

110,073

92,437

103,854

100,810

52,501

50,916

Diabetic Retinopathy

67,367

35,958

31,408

55,846

4,719

4,567

2,235

29,424

26,422

3,015

1,704

2,329

2,238

1,191

1,044

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Population aged 50 and older

1,006,849

558,576

448,273

884,178

58,908

39,637

24,126

489,664

394,514

34,242

24,666

21,964

17,673

12,706

11,420

AMD

24,314

15,830

8,484

22,871

751

419

273

14,912

7,958

528

223

241

178

149

124

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